USA HISTORY

RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877

RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which is the best contemporary (current) definition of a scalawag?
A
A northern abolitionist who supported the Freedmen’s Bureau
B
A northerner who came to the south after the Civil War
C
A white Southerner who supported Reconstruction
D
A Freedman entitled to vote
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -scalawag, after the American Civil War, a pejorative term for a white Southerner who supported the federal plan of Reconstruction or who joined with black freedmen and the so-called carpetbaggers in support of Republican Party policies.

Detailed explanation-2: -In United States history, the term scalawag (sometimes spelled scallawag or scallywag) referred to white Southerners who supported Reconstruction policies and efforts after the conclusion of the American Civil War.

Detailed explanation-3: -: scamp, reprobate. : a white Southerner acting in support of the reconstruction governments after the American Civil War often for private gain.

Detailed explanation-4: -Scalawags were white Southerners who supported the policies of Reconstruction. This meant that they backed the Republican Party or assisted Black freedmen and Northern newcomers. Therefore, the majority of Southerners saw them as traitors.

Detailed explanation-5: -Scalawags included non-slaveholding, small-time farmers; middle-class professionals and others who had stayed loyal to the Union during the war.

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